Porous Polymers as Multifunctional Material Platforms toward Task‐Specific Applications. Issue 4 (22nd October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wu, Jinlun; Xu, Fei; Li, Shimei; Ma, Pengwei; Zhang, Xingcai; Liu, Qianhui; Fu, Ruowen; Wu, Dingcai
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 31:Issue 4(2019)
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• Publication Date: 2018-10-22
• Subjects: porous polymers -- pore structure regulation -- postsynthetic modification -- presynthetic modification -- task‐specific applications; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201802922
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

Abstract: Exploring advanced porous materials is of critical importance in the development of science and technology. Porous polymers, being famous for their all‐organic components, tailored pore structures, and adjustable chemical components, have attracted an increasing level of research interest in a large number of applications, including gas adsorption/storage, separation, catalysis, environmental remediation, energy, optoelectronics, and health. Recent years have witnessed tremendous research breakthroughs in these fields thanks to the unique pore structures and versatile skeletons of porous polymers. Here, recent milestones in the diverse applications of porous polymers are presented, with an emphasis on the structural requirements or parameters that dominate their properties and functionalities. The Review covers the following applications: i) gas adsorption, ii) water treatment, iii) separation, iv) heterogeneous catalysis, v) electrochemical energy storage, vi) precursors for porous carbons, and vii) other applications (e.g., intelligent temperature control textiles, sensing, proton conduction, biomedicine, optoelectronics, and actuators). The key requirements for each application are discussed and an in‐depth understanding of the structure–property relationships of these advanced materials is provided. Finally, a perspective on the future research directions and challenges in this field is presented for further studies. Abstract : Versatile strategies such as pore structure regulation, presynthetic modification, and postsynthetic modification are adopted to design and construct novel porous polymers for task‐specific applications in gas adsorption, water treatment, separation, heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemical energy storage, precursors for porous carbons, and other interesting fields.